Red & White Ceramic Plate: 83 ppm lead (on white) • 331 ppm Cadmium (on red)
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Tested with an XRF
The amount of lead considered unsafe in items intended for children is 90 ppm lead or higher. (so this would be considered lead-safe.) Dishes are not sold as "intended for children" so ...
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Door Handles / Door Knobs – Newish, c. 2015: 28,200 ppm Lead (on a home in Maine).
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When tested with an XRF instrument these "Iron"* door pulls had the following readings:
Curved handle: 9,500 ppm Lead
Thumb latch (worn): 11,100 ppm Lead
Flat back plate: 28,200 ppm Lead.
*Please note, these are not actually Iron, they are in fact leaded brass ...
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Lead-Free Measuring Cup Choices
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#LeadFree: Handmade Ceramic Mug
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Handmade ceramic mug
No Lead
No Mercury
54 ppm Cadmium
Tested with an XRF Instrument by an operator trained & certified in using the instrument. Many handmade modern pieces are low-lead or lead-free! As your local potter if they use lead in their glazes, some may even be marked ...
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Lead-Safe Handmade Mug
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Purple handmade mug
Dark purple: 101 ppm lead
White part: 62 ppm Arsenic
Tested with an XRF Instrument by an operator trained & certified in using the instrument. Many handmade modern pieces are low-lead or lead-free! As your local potter if they use lead in their glazes, some may even ...
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#LeadFree: Irish Coffee Mugs
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Lead-Free Handmade Irish Coffee Mugs
Tested with an XRF Instrument by an operator trained & certified in using the instrument. Many handmade modern pieces are lead-free! As your local potter if they use lead in their glazes, some may even be marked as lead-free (look on the bottom of the ...
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Vintage (c. 1957-1966) Pyrex Cinderella Mixing Bowl in Black & White “Gooseberry” Pattern: 35,500 ppm Lead. [90 is unsafe]
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Small vintage "Gooseberry" pattern Pyrex Cinderella style mixing bowl- white glass with black paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument this bowl had the following readings:
Black painted pattern: 35,500 parts per million (ppm) Lead.
Unpainted white milk glass: 183 ppm ...
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Vintage Pyrex Teacup & Saucer with Pink Stripe & Gold Edge: 79,800 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + Cadmium
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Made in USA: Pyrex cup & saucer:
79,800 ppm Lead (Pb) & 1,962 ppm Cadmium (Cd)
Most ceramics or glass items that are tinted pink or red have some level of cadmium in them. This is especially true for vintage or antique items. To learn more about the concern for Cadmium (Cd) ...
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How worn is your vintage Pyrex? Even with very worn paint, this piece is still positive for a high level of Lead (Pb) at 23,000 ppm.
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Above is a reddish orange vintage Pyrex refrigerator dish with most of the paint worn off.
When tested with an XRF instrument, this piece had the following reading for Lead:
Lead (Pb): 23,000 ppm.
This is a great example of how the colors on these pieces wear. The question is... where does that ...
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“Orange Fiesta” pattern vintage Pyrex casserole dish with lid, 1971: 55,000 ppm Lead in the paint (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)
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Above is the Vintage Pyrex "Orange Fiesta" pattern casserole with fruit images on lid from 1971.
When tested with an XRF instrument, this vintage cookware piece had the following readings:
Solid orange of base:
55,000 ppm Lead
It also tested positive for:
3,783 ppm Cadmium,
83 ppm Barium,
79 ...
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Red vintage Pyrex refrigerator dish: 53,900 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
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Small vintage / antique red Pyrex dish • 53,900 ppm lead
The current federal hazard level for an item intended for children [The level at which an item is considered unsafe] is 90 ppm lead and higher. Not 900. Not 9,000. Definitely not 53,900. Given the amount of wear on the coating on vintage ...
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Vintage Green Pyrex Mixing Bowl: 36,599 ppm lead [Context: 90 ppm Lead is considered unsafe for kids in newly made items.]
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Vintage Olive Green Pyrex Mixing Bowl.
When tested with an XRF instrument the exterior paint on the mixing bowl pictured here was positive for the following elemental heavy metals at the following levels:
Lead (Pb): 36,599 ppm
Arsenic (As): 12,910 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 615 ppm
For ...
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Pyrex Glass Measuring Cup (c. 2004): Positive for 31,300 ppm Lead in the Red Exterior Writing. 90 ppm is unsafe.
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Pyrex Glass Measuring Cup.
Purchased new circa 2004.
When tested with an XRF instrument the exterior red writing on this measuring cup was positive for Lead (Pb) at the following level: 31,300 ppm
For context: the amount of Lead (Pb) that is considered toxic in an item intended to be ...
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